Work on I-69 finished for the season

GENESEE COUNTY -- One the summer's most disruptive construction projects is finally finished -- at least until next year.

Work along nearly 10 miles of I-69 is finally shut down for this year and all lanes on the expressway have been reopened, the state Department of Transportation announced Friday.

The I-69 construction zone stretched from M-13 to west of I-75 since spring. The $17.8-million project includes repair of 14 bridges in the area.

"The removal of temporary signing and traffic control items is all that remains in the aftermath of this project," Mike Hemmingsen, MDOT Davison Transportation Service Center manager, said in a news release.

Work in the same area is expected to resume in the spring and the overall project is expected to be completed in June, MDOT said.